Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-12-08
,rur .I1nitea svnod OF the Lutheran

TIE United synod of the Lutheran
Church (South) has rejected the overtures
from the House OF Bishops of the Protest.
ant Episcopal Church Of America upon the
su beet of Christian unity.
THE Ontario Department OF Justice has
issued warrant for the extradition of J.
Bvrne, in custody at Chatham and wanted
in Chicago on a charge OF arson
THE Governor of Culiacan. Mex, has Of
fered a reward of so, OU0 for the capture or
the bandit EraclIo Bernai. He has burned
and almost depopulatcd many districts OF
San Ignacc and his terrible massacres are
known throughout the Republic
M.PAuL DERoULEDE, tie leader OF the
French Patriotic League, threatened on
the 29th to march TO the Palace of the
Elysee at the head of 80, 900 men if NJ. Ferry
were elected President, aud prevent him
from entering.
THE Berlin correspondent of the Paris
Journal des De6atS. announces that negotia-
tions between England and parties to the
triple alliance relative TO the eventual par
ticipation of England in the defense of tho
balance OF power on the Mediterranean are
almost complete.
THE Car has commuted to degradation
to the ranks the sentence OF eighteen young
officers who were convicted of engaging III
Il revolut ionary conspiracy and sentenced
to exile in Siberia.
N. BocHER, mandatory Senator of the
Orleans party, has tclegraphed TO the
Cologne Gazette denying any connection
with the OrleanIst forged documents and
declaring that they have never interfered
IN Bulgarian affairs.
DURING the debate on the budget in the
German Reichstag Herr Bebcl described
the corn bill as u blood tax on the large
masses Of workmen who Will have to pay
it almost exclusively.
AT the request of the Havana cigar man
ufacturers the Cuban Governor-Generaf
has undertaken TO mediate between them
and their striking employees.
A NEWS vender at Killarney has been
sentenced to Il months Imprisonment for
selling copies of United ireland containing
reports Of meetings Of suppressed branches
of the National League.
DIPHTHKRIA of u peculiarly fatal charac-
ter, is alarmingly prevalent at Montreal.
Last week there were thirty-two deaths
from the disease.
RoBERT KERR, of Paisley, Scotland, has
bought twelve acres of land on South Wa
tuppa pond, Fall River, Mass, on which to
erect thread mill. employing 100 hands.
THE Standard OIL Company was reported
considering IL scheme TO build mammoth
pipe line from Chicago to New York, in
volvlng an outlay of millions of dollars
AN explosion of choke damp occurred
III cOluery III L OrcLlDld, EolteSId GeCcDClN,
killing thirteen miners and woundlng sew
eral others.
DIR. TELsCHow, the German court dentist
has been summoned to San Reno to oper-
al on the Crown Princes teeth.
DIR. JERUSALEM, late manager OF the
Leipsic Germany Discount Bank, has com
mitted suicide.
THERE was report at Pesth. Austria,
recently that valuable paintings of Rem
brandt, Durer, Raphael and others hal
been stolen from the National Museum.
GRAHAM the member of the British Par
Lament concerned in the Trafalgar square
riots. was committed for trial by the ex-
aiming magistrate.
A MONTREAL special says the Grand
Trunk railway and the Allan line of steam
ships have fallen out and if the difficu lty is
not settled, after December % the Allan
steamships will, as former occasion.
quit running to Portland and make Baiti-
more their winter terminus.
THE ST. Petersburg police recently raded
a lodging house IN the Peskl quarter. occu-
pied by students who were supposed to be
Nihilsis y desperate resistance was
made by the inmates of the house, and
many persons were wounded.
IN addition to cornering spelter and tin.
the French syndicate also cornered the cop
per market.
SHOCK of earthquake was felt at Choir
ley, Lancaster County, England. on the 1st
Buildings shook and the people left their
houses greatly excited.
THE Belgian Government has adopted,
with slight notifications, the eight mill
meter repeating rifles.